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Senior Risk Manager - AI Risk & Governance

Tempe, ArizonaSeniorPosted Nov 5, 2026

Job description

Are you a risk professional who is interested in shaping how AI risks are governed? We are building a team focused on executing the firm’s Enterprise Risk Management framework to identify, assess, mitigate, and escalate AI risks—including generative and agentic AI—arising from strategic business activities. The Senior Risk and Control Associate

  • AI Risk & Governance will effectively control the risks associated with business activities via the execution of firm's Enterprise Risk Management framework for identifying, assessing, treating, mitigating, monitoring, reporting and escalating AI risks (including generative AI and agentic AI related risks) along with other risks generated by Firm Strategy Division including EJ Ventures, EJ Labs, and Pricing.

What you'll do

Responsible for carrying out risk and control activities per the Enterprise Risk Management Program as well as any divisional-required elements. Understands and advises team on division processes, historical risk results, firm policies/programs including all Enterprise Risk Management Program Framework and Standards. Support risk-based governance throughout the AI lifecycle, including intake, classification, assessment, approval support, implementation readiness, inventory management, material-change review, ongoing monitoring, and retirement or reclassification.

Assess emerging AI capabilities, including generative and agentic AI, and help develop fit-for-purpose governance, control, monitoring, and escalation approaches as technologies and associated risks evolve. Primary focus includes issue/incident management, control testing, critical business process mapping/inventorying and risk assessment support including new projects and initiatives.

Assist Business Owners in ensuring policies, standards and procedures are consistent with ERM policies and standards. Supports business risk owners in evaluating remediation strategies and control enhancements Executes risk management procedural requirements for open high risks including root cause analysis, action plan development, evidence, and remediation documentation including supporting and challenging business risk owners on action plan effectiveness.

Reviews emerging risk concerns and provides early warning on key risks with divisional leadership. Works to develop, inventory and report on KRIs for the division. Use a GRC to document risk issues and assessment data. Assists leadership in developing reporting and analyzing results for inclusion in risk forums. Serve as an AI risk and governance resource to business, product, technology, and risk partners by providing practical guidance, education, and reusable materials.

Assists in development of risk training and education to business partners. Assists divisional associates in understanding the Enterprise Risk Management Program Maintain knowledge of AI technologies, emerging risks, regulatory and industry developments, and evolving risk-management practices, and apply relevant developments to the team’s governance approach.

This position is known internally as Senior Risk and Control Associate.

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